60 Minutes:Exclusive: John And Elizabeth Edwards

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60 Minutes: Katie Couric Talks To Democratic Candidate And Wife After Cancer Announcement

Presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth will discuss her recent cancer diagnosis and his presidential bid in an interview with Katie Couric. The interview will be broadcast on 60 Minutes on Sunday, March 25 at 7:00 PM, ET/PT.

The Edwards' announced a recurrence of Elizabeth's breast cancer at a news conference on Thursday. John Edwards said a biopsy of his wife's rib showed that the cancer had returned.



http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/24/60minutes/main2605038.shtml

[Cha]

1. couric better not pull

any of her anti-Democratic DIGS on the Edwards. I hope they're ready for anything from corporatebullshit.

[karynnj]

9. Given the subject matter she almost certainly won't, Couic's husband died of cancer

at a relatively young age. It would also kill her image.

[Cha]

10. I know and one would

except not but nothing surprises me when it comes to the Dems and cmw.

[Cha]

23. I just saw it and it turns out

she did find a way to be her obnoxious rotweiller self with the Edwards but they handled it graciously and with aplomb!

[liberalnurse]

21. She survives her husband who

died from colon cancer. I can't see her pulling anything slick out this time.

[kimmerspixelated]

2. I can't believe they agreed to go talk with Katie.

I wish Elizabeth the absolute best, but I don't think it is a public matter. She needs to de-stress so she can begin to heal.

[etherealtruth]

3. It would be a very private matter for me ...

...but, it does not appear so for her. She's seems to gain strength by telling her story and giving hope and courage to others. I have great respect for her courage and am in awe of her personal spirit.

[1932]

6. Didn't Couric's husband die from cancer?

[Garbo 2004]

7. Yes. Colon cancer. n/t

[ElizabethDC]

8. Yes, as did her sister

Her husband died from colon cancer in 1998 and her sister died of pancreatic cancer in 2001.

[partylessinOhio]

4. Big mistake! Couric will needle both of them. It will be very uncomfortable

and totally unnecessary.

Edwards should kindly send Elizabeth home to rest and fight this battle. He seems to think chemo is easy to deal with. Edwards should campaign alone just as Dean did. Elizabeth could join him on rare occasions as she felt comfortable IMO.

[KiraBS]

5. I think that he has seen what Chemo can do to a person....

I also think an awful lot of people who are also fighting cancer, will find inspiration and encouragement in seeing Elizabeth Edwards. That maybe a good thing. It is also a chance show maybe they are not fragile and can deal with opposition.

[quiller4]

11. Elizabeth Edwards should do whatever makes her feel most alive

She has made it pretty clear that she has no intention of crawling into a corner. Plenty of women with recurrent breast cancer continue living with little change in their daily routine. The chemo given at this point is no where near as debilitating as that administered with initial diagnosis. We aren't atlking about ports or IVs and outpatient hospital stays. Elizabeth is looking at a regime of pills that she would take. If her cancer is hormone sensitive (quite likely) then Elizabeth will probably start on a hormonal treatment possibly supplemented by targeted chemotherapy drugs. This kind of treatment doesnt produce nausea, doesn't cause hair loss and only sometimes causes fatigue.

[partylessinOhio]

12. If I had five years or less to live, I wouldn't want to spend it on the campaign

trail. I would be with my children and would enjoy my lovely new home (if I had one like Elizabeth does.) I wouldn't feel I had anything to prove to anyone.

I feel keeping a wife on the campaign when her cancer has returned and spread to bone and lung gives the appearance that the husband is cold and uncaring. That is just my opinion.

[demnan]

14. If your purpose though was to want the best for your country

and your children's future, and your husband was the best hope, you might be there.

[karlrschneider]

17. Millions of people have less than 5 years. Many have less than 5 days.

How they choose to live their lives is -their- business...not yours, not mine.

[ruggerson]

18. You're not in their marriage or their family, are you?

It's their decision. Not yours. If it happened to you, I doubt you would want people publicly second guessing the choices you would make.

[KiraBS]

19. Carrying on must have been a hard decision for

John Edwards, there must have been a part of him that wanted to go home and never leave home, to make an easy life for Elizabeth but that instinct would have been uncaring because his wife wants and needs him to carry on. Maybe they want to give their kids something to remember and be proud of, seeing them carry on, seeing that their Mother support their father as the try to change the country as a time of deep crisis.

[RamboLiberal]

16. I don't think so - seeing two people so close to her battle

cancer IMHO will give Couric empathy.

[hlthe2b]

13. Ugghh.... I suspect Couric will be on "best" behavior, but....

I wish someone else were doing the interview...

[demnan]

15. Katie comes from a Democratic family in Virginia

For Christ's sake, if her sister hadn't gotten cancer she was up for Lt. Governor at one point. I don't think Katie is going to be trashing Edwards. I think she personally would probably vote for him.

Yeah, I know also the stuff she's forced to say to keep her job on T.V.

[Lusted4]

20. This whole issue brings up a great difference in peoples values

Mrs. Edwards believes so much in her husband and what he, and they believe in that SHE, chose to keep working while going through this very tough time. On the other hand, people will say just about any disgusting thing just to keep a stinking media job.

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